Release Train Engineer (RTE)

Are you a leader with a passion for agile development driven by creating value and an inspiring environment? We are looking for a Release Train Engineer (RTE) who can take our teams to the next level.

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About the job

In the role of Release Train Engineer, you will lead an organization with eight development teams. You will work in an agile context, and the teams you lead deliver to the Election Authority. The teams work on further development, management, and operations, and participate in election execution. You create a positive work environment, support the well-being of the teams, and provide guidance to ensure we meet our goals. You lead the Train Management and together you coach teams and team members, teach agile methodology, and contribute to developing our agile capability. In your choice of methods, you balance the practical with the analytical to select the methods that fit best.

You will lead our increment planning in an inspiring and effective way that creates value and transparency. You continuously work on following up and improving in our efforts towards our common goals and priorities. Feedback and retrospectives are seen as natural parts of a journey to become better, and you build relationships that create engagement. You work data-driven and create success recipes for how we develop both within our teams and within our Agile Release Train (ART).

With us, you will have the opportunity for continuous development and learning in your work. You have knowledgeable colleagues with whom you exchange experiences, and you can develop both breadth and depth with us. Thanks to being a large IT organization, we can offer good opportunities for internal mobility. It is important to us that you have a balance between work and leisure, and we offer, among other things, flexible working hours and the possibility to work partially from home. You receive a wellness hour each week and wellness benefits.

You will belong to the IT department, with placement in either Sundbyberg or Västerås.

About you

To do a good job and thrive with us at the Swedish Tax Agency, you need to be attentive, think innovatively, and take responsibility. Good judgment and understanding of legal security and safety are important in the work. You should also adhere to our employee policy (https://skatteverket.se/medarbetarpolicy).

In this job, you should:

• have the ability and willingness to learn new things, be flexible and open to change
• have the ability to lead, motivate, and empower others to effectively achieve common goals
• have good problem-solving skills, see connections, and make decisions
• be goal- and result-oriented, contributing to achieving the purpose of the organization
• have the ability to communicate clearly and create an environment where we listen to each other
• have the ability to express yourself well in spoken and written Swedish

You should also have:

• relevant higher education/university degree in IT or several years of current and relevant work experience
• several years of current and relevant experience working as a Release Train Engineer or similar, as assessed by the employer
• relevant certification or equivalent in agile working methods
• current and relevant experience working in a large organization with agile change management or similar, as assessed by the employer.

It is desirable that you have current and relevant experience working with methods for tracking and measuring progress, such as flow metrics.

Good to know

The employment is permanent and may start with a six-month probationary period.

An employment with us may involve placement in a security class. A security review with a background check according to the Security Protection Act (2018:585) may therefore be conducted before a decision on employment. For some of our tasks in security class, Swedish citizenship is required.

On skatteverket.se/jobb (https://skatteverket.se/jobb), you can read about our socially responsible role, the benefits of working with us, and how to apply for our jobs.

When applying, please attach your CV. We do not use cover letters in our recruitment, so please do not include one in your application.

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The Swedish Tax Agency has a socially responsible role. Our work affects all individuals and businesses, and through our mission, we contribute to a well-functioning society. Our development is customer-driven, and we collaborate with others to create effective solutions. Together, we make society possible.